June and July brings creepy-crawly, icky, disgusting parasites into focus on our blog here at Caledon Mountain Veterinary Hospital. For the most part, parasites are not a big concern for people living in the western world, unless you child comes home from school with lice. But since our pets go places we don’t go, eat [...]
“My cat lives indoors- he doesn’t need to go to the vet” This is a relatively common sentiment from cat owners. Working at a Veterinary Hospital, we hear this on a regular basis. What is more, there are lots of cat owners that don’t say this to us, they simply don’t bring their cats in for [...]
I remember years ago when I was volunteering at the Toronto Humane Society, so many great animals were ready to be adopted. Most of them were cats. One particular room had all the FIV positive cats together away from the limelight of visitors (although this is no longer the case and they are housed together). [...]
Feline lower urinary tract disease (FLUTD) is a term used to describe any disorder affecting the urinary bladder or urethra of cats and is a very common reason for hospital visits of our feline pets here at Caledon Mountain. The presenting complaint is very commonly inappropriate urination. A few considerations will be made when [...]
Martin is such a lovable and playful cat with his quirky meow. He can be so funny sometimes but he has baggage! He will sometimes pee in places other than his litter box. His reasons for peeing can’t be blamed on a bladder infection or a diet. The reality is that he doesn’t like little [...]
Recently, I found an interesting article on dogs and their need to chew bones, written by veterinary pain expert Dr Robin Downing, and I thought that for this week’s blog post I would share some of the highlights with you. We are focusing on animal dentistry for January and February, so our thoughts of course [...]
Ever wonder what makes dental diets so much more special than any regular kibble? We all have busy schedules, which can make it difficult to stay on top of our pets’ dental hygiene just like we do for ourselves every day. Or perhaps your pet will not tolerate you trying to brush their teeth. [...]
A cat with heavy tartar accumulation having dentistry performed One problem that we consistently run into in veterinary medicine is that it is difficult for us to really get inside our pet’s heads and find out what they are feeling. We often joke that if they could talk, our animal companions would just say “feed [...]
Welcome to our new blog. It is a new year, we have a new website and we thought that we would keep going with the new theme by adding a bi-weekly journal of things that we find interesting, informative or topical. This is a place for you to learn a bit more about Caledon Mountain [...]